courtesy of Mass. Digital Commonwealth, Tichnor Brothers post card collection
courtesy of Mass. Digital Commonwealth, Tichnor Brothers post card collection

Bridgeport Then & Now

When I travel on Route One, I like to imagine what the road looked like in the 1920’s when it became the nation’s first interstate highway.  This trip shows locations in and around Bridgeport where I found images from the early 20th Century and took photos to show what these places look like today.  These “Then & Now” images gives me a clearer sense of the prosperity and the economic importance of what has become Connecticut’s largest city since the 1970’s.

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start iconColumbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907
view icon Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
stop iconSoldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park
view icon Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
view icon P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT
view icon Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT
view icon Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now
view icon United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now
view icon YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now
stop iconMountain Grove Cemetery
end iconMcLevy Green

Columbia Records original Headquarters, c. 1907

Who would have guessed this one?  Columbia Records grew from a gramophone manufacturing company  that dates back to the 1890s.  They started pressing discs in 1902 in the building that was once occupied by the Howe sewing Machine factory.  The building has been demolished, and a dog racing track commands the intersection where it once stood.

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Perry Memorial Arch in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

Perry Memorial Arch, Then & Now See this View on the map

Soldiers & Sailors Memorial in Seaside Park

Guillermo Bosch submitted this view on Route1Views route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8863

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Seawall at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

Seawall at Seaside Park, Then & Now See this View on the map

P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now - Bridgeport, CT

P.T. Barnum Statue, Then & Now See this View on the map

Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now -Bridgeport, CT

Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial, Then & Now See this View on the map

Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now

Bridgeport Public Library, Then & Now See this View on the map

United Congregational Islamic Center, in Bridgeport, CT - Then & Now

United Congregational Islamic Center, Then & Now See this View on the map

YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now

YMCA of Bridgeport, Then & Now See this View on the map

Mountain Grove Cemetery

Matthew Christopher posted this view on Route1Views: route1views.com/travel-the-road/?Latest=Latest&filteredlistopen=true&view_id_nofilter=8622

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McLevy Green

Abraham Lincoln spoke in Bridgeport in 1860 in the center of the old city.

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